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US 12,212,628 In force
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Collateral for a security interest recorded May 21, 2026 (Wilmington Trust (London) Limited).

Term ends Nov 18, 2042 · High confidence

Filed Nov 18, 2022 as application 17/990,622 · Granted Jan 28, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2022 2042
Clock starts
Nov 18, 2022
Term ends
Nov 18, 2042
Granted
Jan 28, 2025
base term Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 18, 2022, when this application, 17/990,622, was filedNov 18, 2042High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 18, 2042High confidence

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Application 63/282,054Provisional application
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US 12,212,628this patent
Nov 2042
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Application PCT/US2022/050638PCT application
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Application 19/031,288Pending
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Assignments

Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Nov 21, 2022
Reel 61838, frame 586
De Melo, Rui Rodrigo Cabral Pacheco; Oliveira, Nuno Martino Do Carmo Meneses; Guedes, João Henrique Martins Ferreira; Neto, Alexandre Jensen Cunha; Soares, Manuel Alberto Duarte; Baptista, Bárbara Francisco Sousa; Martinho, Afonso Vieira Campos LeçaNamecheap, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 21, 2026
Reel 75621, frame 297
Namecheap, Inc.Wilmington Trust (London) Limited, as Collateral AgentPatent Security Agreement

Sources

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